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Oct 20, 2016 05:45
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Cinnamon Bear posted:Is that a TURBODRACULA I see? the tubodracula meme was sensibly dropped but they still adapted the concept of a vampiric machine-man into an icon. He's also one of the setting's equivalents to ravenloft's darklords
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Oct 20, 2016 06:18
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Evil Mastermind posted:In better news, Ben Robbins, creator of Kingdom and microscope, is making a new game. Haha, wtf. This pitch is absurd. "Looks simple but is so deep and you can do anything, with anyone!" With no hint as to what the mechanics are or how any of its claims are achieved. If this wasn't Ben Robbins, we'd be laughing at this pitch for being so bad. But it is Ben Robbins, and he is cool and makes fun games, so I'm going to follow this and see what he reveals later in the campaign. Maybe there is actually a game behind these silly words. Does anyone here have any details?
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Oct 20, 2016 11:50
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So the BitBox has been pushed back to a January release date, all because people didn't fill out the Pledge Manager in time.quote:The three week delay in ordering product due to waiting on pledge manager responses has set off a small chain reaction that impacts the timeline of when product is shipped:
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Oct 20, 2016 23:04
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neaden posted:That's a shame, the mini's are tempting but I have no idea what I would do with them besides play this game. There's always Kings of War.
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Oct 20, 2016 23:52
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Jimbozig posted:Haha, wtf. This pitch is absurd. "Looks simple but is so deep and you can do anything, with anyone!" With no hint as to what the mechanics are or how any of its claims are achieved. If this wasn't Ben Robbins, we'd be laughing at this pitch for being so bad. That's why I didn't back it. I could see what was interesting about Kingdom and Microscope. This one seems so generic it's hard to see why I would want to play it.
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Oct 21, 2016 00:12
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City of Mists is up on Kickstarter, and almost funded in a single day. The art and the background look really good, but I'm not sold on the tag system. I'll probably end up backing anyway but I'd rather they tweak the rules some more.
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Oct 21, 2016 01:44
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It's pretty, and the backstory is cute, but between the stock playbooks being intended for actual pregenerated characters, and the system being 'I made PBTA and FATE kiss!' I'm just going to steal the background schtick and leave the rest very much alone.
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Oct 21, 2016 01:56
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demota posted:There's always Kings of War.
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Oct 21, 2016 08:40
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1806106772/astonishing-swordsmen-and-sorcerers-of-hyperborea-0?ref=checkout_payment_sources_page Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea 2E kickstarter is up. The book looks incredible.
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Oct 21, 2016 13:05
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Hiro Protagonist posted:There's an Kickstarter up for a Powder Mage Roleplaying Game, based on a popular fantasy book series that takes more from Colonial America than medieval Europe. It uses Savage Worlds. I'm gonna throw down for the PDF. The setting is more (somewhat eastern) European flavored than America; the genre is usually described as flintlock fantasy
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Oct 21, 2016 16:39
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 Panic At The Dojo is now live! It is a tactical, grid-based combat game, with a focus on crazy action movie physics and flashy, showy combat styles. There is also a free preview adventure available, with pre-made characters and encounters. Check it out!
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Oct 21, 2016 16:45
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quote:Combat in Panic at the Dojo is turn-based and symmetrical - the Heroes get one turn, then the Enemies get one turn, and repeat on down the line until each Hero and each Enemy has had a turn, then start back from the top.
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Oct 21, 2016 16:56
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Terrible Opinions posted:Doesn't that nightmare things faction still need minis? A couple factions still need minis, they were added to the range to capitalize on Warhammer imploding.
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Oct 21, 2016 17:05
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gnome7 posted:
You had me at grid-based.
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Oct 21, 2016 20:38
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gnome7 posted:
Just checked out the preview you have up. This looks really cool. Backed!
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Oct 22, 2016 04:11
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Poor Dexter can't catch a break.
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Oct 22, 2016 04:34
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Top Hats and Treachery just went live - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rogueartistcreations/top-hats-and-treachery - a short and simple game about getting the best guests into your hotel while scuppering opponents with nasty rumours and unfortunate deaths. Disclaimer: I know the guy who designed it and promised to post it here, so I shan't comment further.
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Oct 22, 2016 15:10
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Here's a game where everybody gets to play as Einstein, but it's competitive. Basically you play Einstein in different stages of his life, trying to make it so the stage in life you represent becomes the most influential on his works. The central game mechanic also looks very nifty IMO, it's a tile-laying game where you're trying to construct a grand idea using your own tiles and the competition's in such a way as to unlock your personal inspirations and Einstein's major theories. Tiles come in different shapes and sizes.
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Oct 22, 2016 15:19
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One, thank you thread for turning me onto the fact that Scion 2e is on KS. I missed that but rectified that right quick. Second, a guy I know launched a Kickstarter for his gaming store in Miami, FL. He's got the space and tables built (he's run a few pre-opening tournaments there already) and experience running a gaming store. He had one open for two years a while ago and it did very well, but he had to close it due to family issues. He's back though, and now the store sells beer. I just really want a good tabletop game store in Miami Dade ever since Sunshine closed. 
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Oct 22, 2016 15:32
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Reaper announced Bones IV at ReaperCon. It won't launch until they've fulfilled Bones III, so the earliest it's likely to hit is sometime in March, and possibly later. However, they're already commissioning sculpts, and they had them up at the Con. Here are some pictures I took. The Bones IV ones are at the top of the album, the rest are just general ReaperCon stuff. Some more pictures. The ones here are a bit scattered, but it's basically the sea turtle and maybe the walrus man. I didn't get a firm answer on whether or not that guy's going in.
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Oct 25, 2016 06:26
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Deathbot Derby is a 2-4 player game where two teams battle in an arena and try to win, sorta like Battlebots. The arena is built using a deck of cards to make each arena unique. The game is really compact which makes it perfect for travel. They currently have $3,603 of their $4,000 goal and have 7 days to go. A.E.G.I.S. is also a 2-4 robot fighting game, but this one is all about combining your robots together to create new super robots to beat your opponent. It looks to be more of a collectable card game than Deathbot Derby. They currently have $22,225 of their $40,000 goal with only 59 hours left, so I don't expect this one to make it.  Also, it looks like Super Powered Smash Masters is back for a second shot at funding. This time they've forgone the "get booster packs" angle and now you can get all the cards at once. Game still looks meh, but at least they learned something. They currently have $3,104 of their $18,000 goal with 24 days to go.
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Oct 25, 2016 17:49
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:A.E.G.I.S. is also a 2-4 robot fighting game, but this one is all about combining your robots together to create new super robots to beat your opponent. It looks to be more of a collectable card game than Deathbot Derby. They currently have $22,225 of their $40,000 goal with only 59 hours left, so I don't expect this one to make it. It's not a CCG, though. The game comes with like 40 robots, and you assemble a team of 5 from them. Squad building isn't just about units that support each other well, it's about making sure you have the robots needed to make the combined forms you want. You can't make combiner without individual robots of the needed types, so not only do you have to take that into account when building your squad, you can deny an opponent from making a combiner by taking out his robots. It's an "EM recommends", for whatever that's worth.
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Oct 25, 2016 17:53
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Is "Follow" basically DramaSystem with less rules?
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Oct 25, 2016 18:06
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:
I was popping over to hype this one up a bit more myself. It's not really a CCG - the units have cards, and there are a lot of units, but otherwise it's basically a cool mecha combat game, with a the gimmick being how the robots can combine: you have a 5 robot squad, of A, E, G, I, and S types, and you can combine them and make a level 2 AE or GI, or whatever, or a level 3 AIG, etc etc all the way to an AEGIS, and different robot ingredients get different outcomes. They also have the rules so far posted in this update. Check it out, here's their latest "never give up" update.
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Oct 25, 2016 18:06
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I said it looks more like a CCG than what Deathbot Derby is. I don't know what to loving call games anymore.
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Oct 25, 2016 18:16
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:I said it looks more like a CCG than what Deathbot Derby is. I think the trick is to avoid words that have very specific and clearly defined meanings (such as "Collectible Card Game") about games that don't match that definition. If something about it reminds you of a specific CCG you could say "Magic-esque" or whatever.
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Oct 25, 2016 18:19
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Forget it. I don't know why I get so worked up over stupid poo poo.
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Oct 25, 2016 18:23
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Phoenix Dice finished at $22,645 AUD of their $5,494 AUD goal. But don't fret if you missed out, because now there's a similar dice project that just started today: XLP Dice v2.0. Aluminum dice with a beveled design in place of the pips. Less abstract than the Phoenix dice, but a good substitution if those kind of dice are your thing.
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Oct 25, 2016 19:41
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Evil Mastermind posted:I'm really super-bummed about this, because I've played A.E.G.I.S. and it's a lot of fun. I think the biggest problem they had was that they didn't really advertise themselves. I'm surprised, I thought it was going to fund even though it looked like poo poo. It looked like they put a lot of love into it but I never got a strong sense that it was actually going to be fun or well put together - I don't know how they would have better conveyed that either. They had a very strong start, too. I didn't think it was a CCG, but it seemed like it had a lot of fiddly mechanics, it's a strategy game and I've got all these cards and chits and tracks and all this poo poo going on. It's got boardgame pieces but the marketing makes it sound like its trying to compete with Malifaux and War Machine and poo poo like that. The art is also incredibly consistent, well-executed, and looks like poo poo, if that makes any sense. They've got a consistent style, consistent quality, and just terrible looking robot designs and the most forgettable and worse-executed characters. ZANY STEAMPUNK GIRL. Widowmaker KnockOff! etc. Considering a sizable part of the attraction for other "skirmish" games like Malifaux is the character designs and minis and how those designs mechanically function in-game, none of their characters/robots are interesting or exciting in the slightest.
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Oct 25, 2016 23:04
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I just thought it was dumb that you can't combine robots of the same class. If you can't figure out a way to make that work, maybe you shouldn't be building a combining robot game  Also yeah, I wasn't enthused by the art, and the fact that they split the game into two box sets was a major turn off for me, even if you could play either box on its own.
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Oct 25, 2016 23:13
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yeah the 2 boxes really put me off, considering they're going with relatively cheap manufacturing to begin with. I feel like $80 could have gotten me both games with some minis (not 80 different sculpts or whatever, but at least different sculpts to denote A/B/C/D/E plus a combiner plus an AEGIS) and all the rules.
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Oct 25, 2016 23:14
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New KS for some neat looking oldhammer style minis - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/554542735/space-raiders-3-the-chaos-raiders Just wish they'd have started it after finishing fulfilment on the previous one! I never quite trust companies who rely on overlapping campaigns...
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Oct 26, 2016 18:02
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Matt Leacock (Pandemic, Roll Through The Ages, Forbidden Desert) has a new Kickstarter.
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Oct 26, 2016 18:13
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Speaking of Oldhammer, there's a pretty good Lizardmen/Space Lizardmen kickstarter in its final week. Pretty nice choice of add-ons you can get, including a bunch of single minis for different races if you don't want Lizardmen.
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Oct 26, 2016 20:07
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Yvonmukluk posted:Speaking of Oldhammer, there's a pretty good Lizardmen/Space Lizardmen kickstarter in its final week. Pretty nice choice of add-ons you can get, including a bunch of single minis for different races if you don't want Lizardmen. I backed their previous campaign, it's pretty good quality stuff.
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Oct 26, 2016 22:05
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Unfortunately, it got shut down before I could share the drama, but this is kind of hilarious. You know that Demogorgon mini from Stranger Things? Someone Kickstarted a giant version. However, they did so without checking to see if anyone actually owned it. When told that Mirliton had the rights, they basically said that since they were just some company in Italy, the copyright couldn't possibly be valid, and they were in the clear. Doesn't seem to have worked out for them.
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Oct 27, 2016 00:28
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Dang, I would have liked to see that embiggened. Glad they got shut down though.
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Oct 27, 2016 00:45
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demota posted:Matt Leacock (Pandemic, Roll Through The Ages, Forbidden Desert) has a new Kickstarter. Chariot Race was on sale at Spiel in multiple languages including English, so I have no idea why EGG are Kickstarting it now.
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Oct 27, 2016 00:49
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Jedit posted:Chariot Race was on sale at Spiel in multiple languages including English, so I have no idea why EGG are Kickstarting it now. To release it in North America without having to pay international shipping it looks like. quote:For the sake of transparency we would like to talk about the nature of this campaign. Chariot Race is a co-produced game with our partners Pegasus Spiele, this means that Chariot Race is being manufactured right now, and is expected to arrive at our KY warehouse by late-November. Normally here at Eagle-Gryphon Games we launch Kickstarters in the hope of having a game concept, from mostly first time designers, become funded so we can turn that concept into a reality. This campaign however is outside of the norm, so, you may ask, why are we launching a Kickstarter campaign?
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